I used to be catfished by a pretend Kevin Costner on Facebook

A Kevin Costner fan was conned by a scammer pretending to be the Yellowstone star who demanded she pay £200 to meet him. 

Eileen Leeks has been in awe of the 69-year-old actor for years and began following a Facebook page a few months ago which she believed to be his.  

But after joining, she was soon set upon by scammers who urged her to buy a £100 Apple voucher if she wanted to meet the Hollywood star, the BBC reported. 

The 63-year-old, who lives in Felixstowe, finally gave in after being messaged relentlessly, purchasing two of the vouchers only to find out she had been conned. 

But the scam then escalated even further when Ms Leeks was contacted by someone she believed to be Costner via a video call and was asked to move to America where she would be offered a new job and a flat. 

Eileen Leeks, 63, was scammed out of £200 by scammers on Facebook who promised her she would be able to meet the Hollywood actor 

Eileen Leeks is a huge fan of the Robin Hood actor and began following a Facebook page a few months ago which she believed was his. Pictured: Costner attends an event for his new film Horizon in June 2024

Recalling the bizarre exchange, Ms Leeks said she decided to purchase the two vouchers after being constantly nagged by the scammers. 

But upon doing so, they only began to ask for more money. 

‘I then got a message back saying I had been scammed and I would have to buy a VIP membership card for over £1,000 [in order to meet Costner],’ Ms Leeks told the BBC. 

‘I thought you’re joking – he’s a millionaire.’

In another bizarre turn, Ms Leeks then received a video call from a person posing as Costner, telling her that she had been scammed. 

‘His face was moving and that’s why I thought it was really him. He was sitting in a chair in his office and he was moving,’ she said. 

After the call, the scammers contacted Ms Leeks again, this time posing as Costner’s management team telling her the call was not from the actor and ‘people were using his face and voice to scam people’.

Kevin Costner plays the character of John Dutton in the hit TV show Yellowstone

Ms Leeks eventually reported the scam, before the fraudsters tried one last time to trick the innocent 63-year-old. 

They told her to move to America in order to start a new job, promising her her own apartment if she did so.

‘I thought, ‘I don’t believe this, what on earth is going on?’ she said.

‘If fans think they are going to get a job in America and an apartment and they get all the way over there then they will lose an awful lot.

‘I am unemployed and I’ve lost a lot of money, so I am not very happy.’

MailOnline has contacted Kevin Costner’s representatives for comment.